How Far is The Moon from Earth?
The distance of The Moon from Earth is currently 391,137 kilometers, equivalent to 0.002615 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1.3047 seconds to travel from The Moon and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of The Moon from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.
The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth.
Closest approach of The Moon to Earth
Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of The Moon to Earth happens on Wed Jan 15 1930 at a distance of 0.00238236 Astronomical Units, or 356,396 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.